Navi Mumbai: Panvel city police arrested a supervisor of Tata Projects Ltd and two scrap vendors for allegedly stealing steel and aluminium materials worth Rs 1.50 crore from the company’s open warehouse in Karanjade, Panvel taluka. The materials were meant for construction of a railway track and bridge project. Police said the supervisor connived with…
Image Used For Representational Image MUMBAI: For a city that never sleeps, breathing easy is increasingly becoming a luxury. With air quality levels in Mumbai witnessing periodic spikes and concerns around long-term health risks growing, a new trend is quietly reshaping the residential real estate landscape: homebuyers are willing to trade a longer commute for…
Navi Mumbai: The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the crime branch busted a prostitution racket at a lodge in Nerul and rescued four women after conducting a raid by sending a decoy customer on the night of March 6. Police arrested two men for allegedly working as pimps and accepting Rs 20,000 from a customer…
Kalyan: A 43-year-old unemployed man from Dombivli was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting his two daughters, including a 10-year-old minor, over several years, police said.According to the FIR, the accused allegedly abused his 19-year-old elder daughter for the last four years. The assaults came to light recently when he allegedly targeted his younger…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has dismissed an application by 52 tenants of a demolished building in Ghatkopar (W) to add a new developer as a party to their petition on redevelopment.” It has also imposed Rs 5 lakh costs on them.Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata in Wednesday’s order said, “It prima facie appears that…
MUMBAI: In a major crackdown on an illegal sex determination racket, police have arrested Dr Ravindra Kute, former president of the Indian Medical Association’s Maharashtra chapter, for his alleged involvement in conducting illegal abortions and sex determination tests, an official said on Saturday.The arrest comes after an investigation into a racket allegedly operating across Ahilyanagar…
MUMBAI: After over 48 hours of severe disruption in water supply across parts of South and Central Mumbai, the BMC on Friday evening said it had successfully completed repairs on the damaged 1,650-mm main water pipeline on Dr E Moses Road in Mahalaxmi and began restoring supply to affected areas.The massive pipeline, located nearly 15…
MUMBAI: Ahead of the monsoon season, inspections of nullah desilting works by ruling political parties continued across Mumbai on Friday, this time with BJP functionaries, MLAs, corporators and civic officials visiting several parts of the city to review the progress of ongoing drain-cleaning operations being undertaken by the BMC.A party delegation led by Mumbai BJP…
MUMBAI: At its general body meeting on Friday, the BMC House formally sanctioned a Rs 250-crore mayor’s development fund — the highest ever allocation in the history of the civic body. It would earlier be in the range of Rs 100 crore to Rs 200 crore.The fund will be distributed to corporators based on the…
MUMBAI: The recurring power outages are turning routine summer discomfort into a serious civic grievance, with residents across the island city and suburbs facing long hours without electricity in sweltering and humid conditions.On Thursday night, Antop Hill residents were left sleepless due to prolonged power cuts for the second time in a week, while parts…
